What a hectic wee while this has been for me. Things in my personal life have been a wee bit turbulent so coursework has suffered a little. The main biggy recently was my Interim Review tutorial on Tuesday 24th Feb. I was feeling quite nervous about it with regards to my practicle abilities (I felt as if they hadn't developed much) but was confident about my research (both primary and secondary) and my conceptual development. Thankfully it went really really well! I was so pleased. The tutors said they'd saw a big improvement in my work and have seen me become more ambitious. Thank goodness. I think a lot of that was to do with not having the distraction of a relationship anymore but I was aware of making much more of a concious effort to produce work and note thoughts/reflection more often. It obviously paid off. So that's made me pretty happy.

Also I've been going to a lot more openings lately if I've had the time. I find that's really benefiting my work. Tonight I went to the 2nd Year photography exhibition in the Newberry Gallery. I was quite impressed. Some interesting work. Also, the opening itself went really well - there was a good range of nibbles, beers and wine so I think it kept people there looking at the work a little longer.

Today in the studios, John, Gillian and I held mini informal crits of each others work and it proved invaluable to me! I've now generated a 'to do' list of work which should help me develop my work further. I think they both benefited from it too. Next week are the final project crits. I hope to try to make more work before then but lack of funds is making it difficult since my materials are running low. Roll on Friday.